Painting techniques

of the most important things to consider when analyzing a painting by an unknown artist is the combination of visual characteristics and how that plays into the artist’s sociopolitical message that is imbedded within the work. Initially, the viewer notices the texture of the deep attention to color and texture specifically of the fruit and clothing of the women displayed. The ruffles in the outfits worn by the two subjects of the painting are very realistic, which shows mastery of this type of…

the most famous work of Han Gan (韓幹; active CA. 742–756), a leading horse painter of the Tang dynasty (唐618–907). To Grace Glueck of The New York Times, Night-Shining White is “one of the most appealing animals in Chinese art” (Glueck, 1997). This painting reveals a window to reach a further understanding of Chinese culture, as it points out the socio-political role that art played through the ages, and still influences the mindset of these people. Subspecies of the Asian wild horse are a native…

of the ghostly angels above. The painting shows a dominant characteristic of Tintoretto’s, the recession of the table cutting the picture and creating an illusion of rapid spatial movement (Adams 374). This use of dramatic perspective was mixed with the unusual artistic device of the ‘exploding center’ (Murray et al 608). The focal point of this image, Jesus and his halo, appear as a sort of explosion in the receding calmness of the rest of the image. The painting is dominated by darkness, the…

been doing art all my life with the influence of my father, who is a professional artist at inka gallery, Salamanca. He has introduced me to art and the techniques of oil painting, such as never to use black paint but use purple, brown and blue to make a dark paint colours, the way to use the art brushes properly and many more influences and techniques. From all the variety of art that he has showed me I would have to say that oil paint was my favour medium to use in the art world, due to how…

Bernard’s and Felix Edouard Vallotton, both artist is able to express the role of women through their works. Furthermore, artists use several elements and techniques to emphasize their message. Analyzing Emile Bernard’s Bridge at Point-Avon,1891,…

his perspective paintings. While he was not the first to discover this phenomenon, he still adopted and expanded on the idea and asked the question, how can I make a flat surface portrait resemble a realistic picture? Filippo Brunelleschi was the one who had a system of sizing objects on the painting, according to what he wanted the viewer to see or focus on. Leon Battista Alberti wrote a book about painting techniques, and how the painter could make the two-dimensional painting, look…

famous artist, in hopes that one day they too would become a great artist. For example, famous Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci apprenticed with Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence learning multiple skills and trades, including sculpting, drawing, painting, and carpentry. Just years before in the Middle Ages, art was made for a specific purpose, like religious reasons, but in the Renaissance art was not only made for spiritual purposes, but for the idea of beauty and the attraction of learning…

Many of our first words are either “mom” or “dad”, but very rare is it that our first word is “pencil”, let alone do we have an idea of what our passion and career will be like based on our first word, as Pablo Picasso did. Apparently, his first word was “lápiz”, meaning “pencil” in Spanish. The fact that he is now considered one of the greatest and most influential artists in history of the 20th century is amazing. Picasso is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of…

Art work neatly lines the being colored walls of a standard sized room in the University of Arizona’s Museum of Art. Hanging next to an oil painting of a vibrant rainbow gracing the sky of what could easily be downtown Tucson, is a piece of art work the elegantly displays the stark black wing of a plane gliding over a town or city that’s been brought to life with small dots of color. That piece of artwork is American Artist Yvonne Jacquette’s “Night Wing View 1”, a 15-color screenprint published…

of Saint Anthony Line: There are various examples of lines throughout Michaelangelo’s painting, that assist in interpreting the content of the painting. First, the vertical lines of the of the paintings allows the viewers to conceptualize the altitude in the air that saint anthony and the demons are in as they levitate into the sky. Additionally, there are countless diagonal lines throughout the painting. For instance, the limbs of the demons feature a myriad of diagonal lines, highlighting…